Pouring-spout.



G. W. BLAKE.

POURING SPOUT.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.8, 1913.

1,124,996. v PatentedJan.12,1915.

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GEORGE W. BLAQKE, 0F 'WYANDOTTIJ, MICHIGAN.

POURING-SPOUT.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BLAKE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Wyandotte, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pouring-Spout, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a pouring spout for receptacles and more especially to an arrangement thereof whereby the receptacle is sealed by the spout when the latter is in closed position and whereby when the spout is opened, all the contents of the receptacle may be readily poured out.

The invention also includes'an arrangement of parts that obviates the necessity of any hinge connection between the spout and the receptacle while at the same time the spout is firmly held in open or closed position.

The invention consists in the matters here' inafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure-l is a View of a receptacle fitted with a spout that embodies features of the invention shown in closed position; Fig. 2 is a. view in detail of the receptacle showing the pouring opening with the spout removed; F 1g. 3 is a View in de tail in transverse section, with the parts onlarged, showing the spout in closed posh sit ion; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the spoutin open position; Figs. 5 and (3 are views in detail showing the spout in open and closed position respectively taken in longitudinal section; Figs. 7 andii are views illustrating diagrammatically slight modifications in the construction otf he spout;

and Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view of a modification of the opening and "spout.

Referring to the drawings n receptacle 1 has a tiiangulae shapedpouring opening 2 1 its side wall", the margin. of the opening being continued'upwardlyby av pair oi divergent slots The resultant depending tab together with the marginal portions 5 of the wall around the opening may be ofi set, to forma slight depression in the wall.

Specification of Letters Patent. i fdtent efl-J a ng, 1915,. Application filed December a, 1913. Serial No. 805,22?!

A two sided V-shaped spout is formed with one marginalinsetportion 6 that cor? responds in length to-one of the, sides of the pouring openingand the adjacentslot'. I continuation 3 thereof. The adjacentjside v 7 ofthe trough is arranged "and proportioned to overlie the opposite margins 5 of the pouringopening when the spoutis ih the position sho'wnin Fig. 3. If the marginal portion 5 of the opening is inset=- the hinge portion G mayb Slightly mundedto conform to this insetportion which fs' inlies the margin- :rof the opening whentheu spout .is in closed positionand' to providekflfl the necessary overlap'fpr coveringthe opoir ing. The side 8 is likewise curved withits axis. of curvature substantially co-inciden lj with the line on wwhich' the side 7 rocksin the opening Q'and tlie upper edgefi'ofthe curved side Sis likewise curved on anarc" whose center is substantially the lower apex of the spout so that the side always extends from the apex'of the opening to the upper margin thereofin all positions of the'B spout. A suitablyaeranged tab or ear 1 0cm the u iargin preventsthe curved side 8 from being withdrawr-i fully :from the opening- As a further ,detail'of construction a finger pull 11 may-be added it desiredand'that portion of the wall-8 adjacent the reverted part may be given aslight inset bend asindicated at 12 the parts being so p'r'oportioned that when the spout is closed as indicatedin Fig. 3, the margin 5 of the receptacle wall snaps into the resultant groove caused by this off-set and is held yieldingly in closedposition. i

It is to be understoodthat the;v wall 7 con forms to the shape of the receptacle wall in 5 which the spout is inserted, that is, it may be curved or straight. The flange 6 need not be item but may bea plane off-set portion of. tho wall 7 as indicated in Fig.7 and as also shown in Fig. 7, the bend 12 may be omitas the sides of the opening are substantially equal in length to the inserted flange 6 of the spout, and the latter is therefore constrained to remain in operative position as it is longer than the altitude of the triangular op ling as the flange cannot swing inwardly toward the medial axis of the triangle because of contact with the horizontal margin thereof. Such an opening is shown in Fig. 9 with the sides well flared so as to increase the length thereof relative to the altitude and to insure thereby a proper holding of the spout, after considerable wear.

In operation after the spout is formed up, the free margin of the curved wall with its stop ear 10 and the flange portion 6 of the other wall. are readily inserted in the upper opening, the spout being thereby held therein because of the position and arrangement of the parts, the flange 6 being secured against movement toward the center of the triangle by the contact of the margins of the opening at the ends of the side to which the flange is applied. \Vhen thus inserted the spout is readily swung in or out and because of its position and the disposition of the pouring opening, the entire contents of the receptacle may be discharged without trouble. When the spout is closed it eflecti vely seals the opening and as it is substantially flush with the outer wall of the receptacle it does not increase the shipping dimensions of the latter. There is no hinge tab or slot necessary and the construction is consequently readily made at slight cost.

Obviously, changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention and I do not care to limit myself to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

What I claim 1s:

1. In a receptacle having a pouring open- 2. In a receptacle having a pouring opening in one of the walls thereof with convergent lateral margins, a spout having diver-- gent sides, the free marginal portion of one of the sides being inserted in the opening and confined as a pivotal support tor the spout in contact with one of the lateral mar-- gins by the sides of the opening adjacent that margin and the opposite side of .the spout being held in sliding ei'igagement with the other convergent margin by the sides of the opening adjacent that margin, the upper margin of the latter side being curved to contact with the adjacent side of the openin all positions assumed by the spent.

3. In a receptacle having a substantially triangular pouring opening in one of the walls thereof, a spout having divergent sides, the free marginal portion of one of the sides being inserted in the opening and con fined as a pivotal support in contact with one of the lateral margins ofthe opening by the sides of the opening adjacent that margin and the opposite side of the spoutbeing held in sliding engagement with the adjacent mar in of the opening with the sides of. the opening adjacent that margin, the side that operates as a pivotal support being adapted to seal the opening when the spout is in closed positionv 4. In a receptacle having a pouring opening in one of the walls thereof with convergent lateral margins, a V-shaped spout, the free marginal portion of one of the sides thereof being offset and secured in the opening against one of the convergent lateral margins by the adjacent sides of the open- .ing and the other sideof the spout being curved on an axis substantially (Lo-incident with the aXis of motion of the spout in the opening and being held in sliding engagement with the other convergent margin of the opening by the adjacent sides of the opening.

5. in a receptacle having a substantiallv triangular opening in one of the walls thereof, a V-shaped spout formed of a blank folded on itself to provide divergent sides, the free lateral margin of one of the sides being inset and being held in contactin the open ing with one of the margins thereof by the adjacent sides of the opening and the opposite side of the spout being curved with an axis substantially co-incident with the line of contact of the oil-set margin with the opening side and being held in sliding engagement'with the adjacent margin of the opening in all positions of the spout, the side having the oil-set margin being adapted to seal the opening when the spout is turned inwardly against the wall of the receptacle.

6. In a receptacle having substantially triangular pouring opening in one of the walls thereof, a spout formed of a blank bent along a medial line to form divergent sides, one of the sidesbeing extended beyond the line of the other side, the free marginal or- .tion of the-extended side being inset an being held in the opening in contact with one of the sides' by the other sides 'ofthe opening and the inset well being held in sliding engagement with the opposite side of the openmg, the rtion of the inset wall at the point of junction with the other well being inset to 

